Featured Research Project
“Method and Memory: The TRC Reconstructs the Soweto Uprising”
Aaron Ross, 2010, History
Thanks to the Vagelos Undergraduate Research Grant, I traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa for two weeks in May to conduct research for my senior honors history thesis tentatively called, “Method and Memory: The TRC Reconstructs the Soweto Uprising.” Through my research, I hoped to shed more light on my central question of how the methodology employed by South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission during its 1996 inquiry into the famous Soweto uprising of 1976 contributed to shaping historical memory of the episode within South Africa
Recent Awards & News
Coming to Penn during Previews? Here’s a CURF cheatsheet.
Every day of Penn Previews (April 5, 8, 15, 22, 23):
All students:
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
Meet Penn Undergraduate researchers from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships & check out their research posters during Penn Previews Registration & Breakfast
Irvine Auditorium, Breakfast area
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Q&A with Research Peer Advisors
Meet with Dr. Harriet Joseph, Director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships and head of the University Scholars program
Meet Dr. Wallace Genser, Associate Director for Undergraduate Research
The Class of 1947 Room (Room 314) Houston Hall (April 8 & 15)
The Griski Room (Room 311) Houston Hall (April 22 & 23)
University Scholars
If you’re around on Friday, please come to the weekly University Scholars research lunch at noon in our office at 220 S. 40th St, 2nd Floor.
Benjamin Franklin Scholars
Come and meet Faculty Director Peter Struck, Associate Director Linda Wiedmann, and current Benjamin Franklin Scholars in the Benjamin Franklin Room of Houston Hall
April 5th, 8th, 15th, and 22nd from 3:00-4:00
Learn more about the BFS program and the Integrated Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences
Friday, April 5 ONLY:
2:00-5:00pm
Undergraduate Research Conference
The Class of 1947 Room (Room 314) Houston Hall
Hear Penn student researchers deliver academic papers & “60-second lectures” on their research projects
Co-Sponsored by CURF and the College House Research Fellows Program
2013 Gates Cambridge Scholar!
Evelyn Boettcher (COL ’10) has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and will pursue a PhD in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Evelyn is among 40 U.S. students awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships this year, and is the 23rd Gates Cambridge Scholar from the University of Pennsylvania since the beginning of the program in 2001.
To learn more about applying for next year’s Gates Cambridge Scholarship, visit our page on it.
Hurricane Sandy and fall deadlines
Due to the extreme weather conditions and the university closure, the College Alumni Society Research Grant and Vagelos Research Grant have had their deadlines extended to Sunday, November 4 at 4:00 PM.
CURF has moved!
As the ARCH is under construction for the next two years, our home away from home is at 220 S. 40th St., 2nd floor. It’s the door to the left of the Ben & Jerry’s.
Keep up with the renovation progress at http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/arch/
One Gates Cambridge Scholarship winner for 2012!
Eileen Moison (WH/COL ’12) has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar this year, one of forty total. She will pursue a graduate degree in Biochemistry at Cambridge University in the UK. Afterwards she plans to continue to a PhD in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology. We are very proud of her and this great accomplishment!
To learn more about applying for next year’s Gates Cambridge Scholarship, visit our page on it.